Ever since we found out last week Baby Knitspot is a boy, I’ve had the urge to buy little man clothing. I’ve also had the urge to cast on something new and quick. Fall will be here before we know it, so I thought a nice wooly baby hat would be a perfect knit. Off to the knitspot archives!
I came across Stocking Cap for All Sizes.
Another great design with a multitude of sizes – 18 to be specific! And..a worksheet for determining hat size, gauge, and cast on number. That Anne, always there with helpful tools!
I labored over what stash yarn to use (yes, baby knitspot has his own plastic tote full of appropriate baby yarn). The pattern is written for DK, worsted, and chunky so I had a lot to choose from. His tote has so many lovely yarns. I was having a hard time deciding and then it hit me! I could use handspun. Just as Anne did in the model for the pattern.
I spun 9 oz. of Briar Rose Polwarth during Tour de Fleece 2011. It was such a lovely fiber to work with and the colors were fantastic. It was my second handspun off of the beautiful Ashford Traveller I bought from Anne. I ended up knitting a cowl with my yield and had this bit left over…
Magically enough for a baby hat!
After doing the worksheet that came with the pattern, I swatched on a US #7.
I really liked the density of the fabric, so I went with this gauge and plugged my info into the worksheet. This gave me the cast on number and off I went!
I love knitting with handspun and watching all the colors come alive. There are lots of shades of blue and green and just a hint of eggplant. Just neutral enough for a baby boy.
I’ll probably finish this tonight. Don’t you just love knitting wee things?! But as I’m knitting I keep thinking I should have one to match baby. We’ll see how much leftover I have. Maybe I could get my brim done and find an appropriate coordinating yarn.
As you’re all reading this, I’m envisioning some of you with crossed fingers that a contest will pop up at the end of this post. Well, your wish has been granted! Leave a comment by Tuesday 9 pm EST and one lucky winner will receive a $10 Knitspot gift certificate!
Before I get back to my knitting, I have an update for all of you. Baby Knitspot will arrive in about 6.5 weeks and now he’s the size of a pineapple!
184 thoughts on “Vintage Knitspot – Stocking Cap for All Sizes”
I think you may have over-estimated the size of that pineapple! The handspun that you have there is a great mix of colours. I’m always happy to see people who don’t want to stick rigidly to the blue for boys, pink for girls formula.
Thanks for the chance to win. I can’t wait to see your hat with the contrast section – sounds great!
Oh Erica, I love all your baby size comparisons with fruit! The yarn you are using for the baby hat is just perfect for boy. He’s going to be the best dressed baby in knitted garments around!
Congratulations on your healthy pregnancy, Erica! Please put my name in the hat for the Knitspot drawing — that stocking cap pattern would be the perfect stashbuster for me!!
Congrats on your little boy! The hat is very cute.
With the spiky green bits or without?;)
Congratulations on your healthy baby boy!
Anne’s patterns are my favorites, so would love to win the gift certificate. Thank you…
what a great, flexible hat pattern! I’ll have to knit this sometime….soon.
Hello and Congrats! I love the comparison to the different veggies. The hand spun is gorgeous. I just purchased some handspun from etsy to use in my knitting (I don’t have time to take up spinning right now). This will be the first time I’m working with it. It’s extra special to make a hat that you’ve spun and knitting yourself. Thank you for the great post.
That is one healthy-looking pineapple! I love your choice for the hat, Baby K will be so well-dressed!
The hat is darling! Beautiful handspun hat for a beautiful baby boy! Best wishes!
Always enjoy the baby progress. You look great! Thank you for the opportunity.
I love the fruit comparisons!
I sure hope the baby doesn’t come with prickly leaves on top like that pineapple!!!
I love Anne’s patterns and have most of the them for wee ones. Expecting my first great-grandchild in October so knitting for him is on the agenda.
Congrats on you upcoming wee one. Have been thinking about getting the new sweet tea pattern if my name should be drawn…
Pineapples are so prickly. I hope for everyones sakes that Baby Knitspot isn’t like a pineapple. The colors on your yarn are gorgeous and now I have to knit some hats. Inspired by your blog. My mom knit me a hat like that when I was a toddler and I still have it and wish it fit me now.
You are looking great! Take care.
Delightful comparison with the pineapple for size, not prickly points! A gift certificate for KnitSpot would be fabulous while we wait for the first FIFC shipment. Thanks.
oh gosh look at you, great post erica!! i remember when you spun that yarn, sigh. baby knitspot was just a twinkle in your eye back then!
I just love how you use the fruit as a visual aid. But does the size include the green leaves or is it just the fruit itself?
You look amazing, by the way!
Really pretty handspun yarn- that should make one cute hat! I hope you’ll post a photo of the hat when you’re done.
I love the size comparisons! That yarn will make a lovely hat for your son.
It is so funny to see the fruit size comparisons. Just love it and the yarn you spun to make the cap. Love all the Knitspot patterns and especially the multiple sizes Anne incorporates.
Congratulations. I have a grandson and an “almost-granddaughter” on the way this fall . . . . those hats sound like the perfect thing to put on the needles. Salam wa sa’aadah Linda
Congrats! What an exciting time, and you look fantastic!
that hat is going to be gorgeous! what a great marriage of yarn & pattern.
Matching hats would be so cute!
I have 3 babies arriving in the next few months (well, not ME, but in my family!) and would love to make them a little hat!
Of course, I want to make baby knitspot a little pineapple hat, too, but that’s a project for another day!
The mommy looks beautiful and I love using non-traditional blue and pink pastels for baby knits. Hope you get to hold, coddle and admire the little one to your heart’s content.
Baby hats are so satisfying. Useful, easily completed, and as I remember, at this point in your pregnancy, a quick knit is just what you need in your hands.
Erica, congratulations I know he will be spoiled. I love the hand spun you chose for the hat. My mother always said to put babies in pastels, but I only did that for my little girl, my son got reds, greens, etc. That is not to say that Catherine didn’t have her share of bright colors, she was and still is partial to purple (she is 28). All the best.
What gorgeous handspun, and what a lovely, radiant pregnant mother-to-be!
I have just the yarn for this and a baby shower to attend in two weeks. Thanks for the inspiration. Congratulations to you as well.
Beautiful choice, Erica. Can hardly wait to see photos of Baby Knitspot modeling his cap! You look radiant!
What a cute hat and a glowing mother-to-be! And I’d definitely love to add another Knitspot pattern to my list of projects to knit.
Thanks for the heads-up for this hat pattern. Looks like a fun knit.
YOUR spinning looks Terrific. And to knit with your own creation for your ow creation. Love, love, love.
Love your comparison photo
hugs
Mom and Baby Knitspot looking great! But y’all will be even cuter in matching stocking caps once the cold weather arrives. We will eventually get some cold weather this year, right? (fingers crossed for that, too)
Thanks for the contest! Always fun to think ‘you may already be a winner!”
Lovely!
Love that hat pattern. And the TDF handspun looks fantastic. Thanks for the contest.
I have been looking for a stocking cap pattern for my 16 yo daughter. This is perfect and I even have the perfect handspun yarn to work with!
Thats a great boy-color and the perfect boy pattern 🙂
I love those colors for a boy, great choice! And thank you for posting the pattern, I’ve been wanting something like this for two of my grandsons.
Congratulations! Boys are great. 🙂
Ooooh…I’ve been looking for a hat like this for my granddaughter. Congratulations on your boy!
It’s so funny thinking of a baby as the size of a pineapple. Just a few weeks to go before that little pineapple is born. Can’t wait to see him. Thanks for the giveaway.
Your handspun is beautiful and the hat will look so handsome on the little guy.
You are glowing 🙂
Congratulations on your little boy!
The Briar Rose is lovely.
Love the colors of the handspun; at least you can try the hat on a pineapple to make sure the size is right :).
Congratulations on your baby boy! Here is to a happy and healthy rest of your pregnancy!
I’d love it if you would share a photo of baby knitspot in the hat when he eventually wears it this winter – babies in handknits are a favourite of mine.
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